What IsJobSafe is — and what it is not
IsJobSafe is a labour market intelligence platform that converts government statistical releases into quantitative occupation-level risk scores across 39 countries — including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan, and 34 European economies.
I'm a marketer, not a famous economist or a venture-backed startup. I built IsJobSafe because I got frustrated seeing people blindsided by structural layoffs while the writing was already on the wall — buried in dense government spreadsheets that nobody reads.
My goal is to democratise labour market data. Every risk score on this platform comes from public statistical agencies — BLS, Eurostat, ONS, ABS, Statistics Canada, e-Stat. I built the pipeline to fetch it, normalise it, and make it readable for normal people. No ads, no paywalls, no "career coaching" upsells. Just the numbers.
Governments publish hundreds of datasets on employment, wages, job vacancies, and automation susceptibility. But they are fragmented across different agencies, released on different schedules, and use incompatible occupation classification systems. Turning raw statistics into a clear signal requires significant effort.
An automated pipeline ingests data from six government sources monthly, normalises and aligns occupation classifications across countries, and computes a composite risk score (0–100) for each occupation. The result is a consistent, comparable view of labour market pressure across US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
Every figure on this platform originates from a public government statistical release. We do not generate forecasts, predictions, or editorial opinions. We compute, not estimate.
Every input to our risk scores comes from publicly available government data. How we combine, weight, and interpret those signals is our proprietary methodology — refined monthly as we observe what the data reveals.
The automated pipeline refreshes when statistical agencies publish new releases. Scores are only as current as the underlying government data allows.
Risk scores reflect structural labour market trends across an entire occupation group. They are not a prediction of any individual's job security, and should not replace professional career guidance.
| Agency | Country | Link |
|---|---|---|
BLSBureau of Labor Statistics | United States | SOURCE |
FREDFederal Reserve Economic Data | United States | SOURCE |
StatCanStatistics Canada | Canada | SOURCE |
ONSOffice for National Statistics | United Kingdom | SOURCE |
ABSAustralian Bureau of Statistics | Australia | SOURCE |
O*NETO*NET Center | All countries | SOURCE |
Each occupation receives a composite risk score between 0 and 100. The model analyses multiple dimensions of labour market health — including hiring demand,wage trends,employment levels, and AI/automation exposure — simultaneously. When multiple signals deteriorate at the same time, the score rises sharply. A score above 75 indicates critical structural stress. Below 30 indicates stability. Full methodology →
Understand the structural outlook of your current occupation or a career you are considering — before committing to years of training.
Ground career guidance in quantitative labour market data rather than intuition alone. Compare occupations across countries.
Track occupational stress signals across jurisdictions. Identify emerging workforce displacement before it becomes a crisis.
Risk scores reflect the whole occupation group, not any individual position. A software developer at one company may have very different prospects than the group average.
Government data has publication lag. Some scores may reflect conditions from 1–3 months ago depending on the source agency's release schedule.
Cross-country comparisons are approximate. Each country uses a different occupational classification system; IsJobSafe aligns at major group level, which introduces imprecision.
AI exposure scores measure structural susceptibility based on task composition, not guaranteed displacement. The model cannot predict when or whether automation will actually occur.
This is not financial, legal, or career advice. Decisions about retraining, job changes, or career transitions should involve a qualified professional.
Found an error in the data? Occupation missing from your country? Have feedback on the risk model? Send me a message directly. I read and respond to every report.